Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wednesday, December 29th: Martha Stewart's Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes


Well, the second attempt at Oreo cupcakes was much more successful than the first. For the recipe I chose a safe option, Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes from Martha Stewart. My cupcakes didn't turn out as neat as her pictures but they were tasty so I've deemed them a success. 


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas From CCW

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your holidays are filled with love, laughter and sweets!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Next Week's Cupcakes: No New Poll

Hey guys! So, because this weeks cupcakes were such a failure, I am going to attempt them again next Wednesday tweaking and changing things, in hopes that they will be delicious. Because of this, there will not be a new poll for a next week's cupcake flavour this week.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Flop: Wednesday, December 22nd: Tres Leches (Three Milk) Cupcakes in a Oreo Crust



What a disaster! I tried to get ambitious with this weeks cupcakes and they turned out terrible. I started by making an Oreo crust and lining the muffin tins with it. I then poured the cupcake batter into the Oreo crust and baked the cupcakes. This worked, or so I thought. I continued following the directions for the tres leches cupcakes, which translates to three milk cupcakes. The recipe required a milk glaze poured into the cupcakes, and this is where the cupcake turned into a disaster. The glaze soaked right through the cupcake to the crust making the crust soggy. Eventually it soaked up a bit, but after tasting the cupcake it was clear that the Oreo crust that I thought was somewhat successful was much too thick, and the cupcake really had no hope of succeeding. I should have predicted that the milk glaze would not work well with an Oreo crust, but I guess that's part of the trial and error experience. Lesson learned.


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Wednesday's Winner: Milk and Oreo Cupcakes!

 
So looks like the big guy is going have some Milk and Oreo Cupcakes sitting out for him on Friday night. Check back tomorrow to see how they turned out! Thanks again for voting guys! New poll will be up on Thursday.

Results:
Oreo: 17
Chocolate Chip: 14

Thursday, December 16, 2010

New Poll!


So Santa will be coming next week and instead of the typical milk and cookies, we are going to leave him milk and cookie cupcakes! The poll this week is between the type of cookie you leave out for Santa: Chocolate Chip or Oreo?

Voting will close Tuesday at 5:00 pm.

Thanks to Natalie for your suggestion in the Christmas Flavours section. Only one week left after this of Christmas flavours so if there is something you'd like to see suggest it now!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wednesday December 15th: Pistachio Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream Frosting


This Wednesday's cupcake was Pistachio. I couldn't wait to bake some really pretty green cupcakes. I decided upon doing a recipe which called for pistachio pudding mix and chocolate chips on top of chopped pistachios. The only alternation I would make to the recipe is I would cut down on the chocolate chips. I found they could almost over power the pistachio flavour. I did a raspberry buttercream frosting with it and topped them with chopped pistachios and a raspberry. I loved the colours.